The Yangtze River moat is lost, and Nanjing is in danger! The imperial meeting was frightened, and the ministers couldn't come up with any ideas except to shout to defend Nanjing, and the emperor was disappointed, so he simply dispersed to listen to the play - Emperor Hongguang was more attentive than Emperor Chongzhen, and watched an all-night play, and waited for Ma Shiying and his son Ma Luan's Yongwei camp in the early morning, and immediately took the Empress Dowager Zou out of the palace, and the group quietly fled out of the city to the south.

After dawn, I heard that the emperor and the first assistant had fled, and Ruan Dacheng, the secretary of the military department, also slipped away, Nanjing was in an uproar, and the people rushed into the prison in anger, and invited the young Wang Zhiming, who called himself "Prince Chongzhen", to the Wuying Palace to take the throne, but this was just a farce, and the courtiers did not take this "fake prince" seriously.

According to the Ming system, Nanjing's major affairs are decided by the military department's Shangshu, the garrison ministers, and the three ministers of the town guard, Ruan Dacheng does not know where to go, Zhao Zhilong and the town guard eunuch Han Zanzhou must make up their minds. Zhao Zhilong's attitude is clear, Prince Yu of the Qing Dynasty once told the civil and military officials in Nanjing and other places, "After the soldiers are everywhere, the army and the people will resist and do not surrender, and Weiyang can be learned", Nanjing has no soldiers to defend, resistance will inevitably repeat the mistakes of Yangzhou, surrender is the only way out, Han Zanzhou wept in his eyes and did not say a word - the surrender plan was set, the Nanjing courtiers fell apart, some people went to Hangzhou to continue to resist the Qing Dynasty, some people wanted to die and martyrdom, and more people planned to go with the flow.

Qian Qianyi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is the leader of Donglin, and people keep coming to visit, and it seems that they are coming to see him off, and the concubine Liu Ru also urged him to be martyred, this guy can't stand it, and simply disappears automatically.

Yang Weiyuan, the envoy of the general government, arrived at the house of Zhang Jie, the secretary of the ministry, and asked: "The fall of Nanjing is imminent, and the ministers are panicked, what is the public desire?" ”

"You and I are listed as rebels against the party, and we have been belittled by the people of Donglin, and we can't do big things, and I will also die, so that the world knows who is loyal and who is rebellious." Zhang Jie said with a smile.

Yang Weiyuan laughed: "I also have this intention, and I am willing to go on the road with my father." ”

The two sat down to raise a glass and drink, clapped their hands and sang.

On May 15, the main force of the Qing army went to Nanjing, Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong, Baoguo Duke Zhu Guobi, Wei Duke Xu Jiujue, University scholar Wang Duo, Cai Yichen, Zuodu Yushi Li Zhan, and the re-emerging Qian Qianyi and other more than 30 high-ranking officials and dignitaries opened the city gate and went out to welcome the suburbs, and the small court of Nanjing lasted only one year before it was destroyed, on this day, Zhang Jie, Yang Weiyuan and the Nanjing town guard eunuch Han Zan Zhou were martyred, Henan governor Yue Qijie, Henan political participation Yuan Shu was ashamed of his friend Qian Qianyi's defection and hunger strike one after another.

Duoduo took Nanking without much effort, and immediately ordered the commanders of the protectors, Tulai, Beizi Tunqi, and Hetuo, to lead an army to pursue Emperor Hongguang, and then entered the city of Nanjing on the 17th. The ancient capital of the Six Dynasties seemed to be accustomed to the change of dynasties, and the people of Nanjing silently accepted the reality, standing in the middle of the road with the slogans of "Long live the emperor of the Great Qing Dynasty" and "The wind and rain are smooth to the country and the people", and watched the Qing army walk by with cold eyes.

Duoduo entered the city and did something lacking in morality, expelled the Han people in the north and east of the city, and vacated the house for the Qing army to live in, but immediately bought people's hearts, paid homage to the Ming filial piety mausoleum, and paid tribute to the Ming Taizu; Release the wisdom of the false prince and treat him as a guest; ordered the construction of the Shi Kefa Shrine to give preferential treatment to his family; strict military discipline, beheaded eight Qing soldiers who robbed the people in the city; In response to the people's fear of shaving their hair, a large notice was made that "the matter of shaving the head is a common practice in the country, and now the soldiers have arrived, the military is not shaved, the soldiers are not shaved and the people are not shaved, so you don't have to obey the law, and shave it yourself, there are shameless officials in front of you, and you will shave your head first, and your country has been scolded, and it is specially revealed"; Duoduo didn't forget to go to the Qinhuai River, this guy has always been a woman, tall, handsome face, bright smile and occasionally read a few lines of poetry in Chinese, and rewarded a small gift when he met people, fans were almost fascinated by him - Duoduo's warm and affectionate veins were flattering, and the state capitals of Nanzhili couldn't help but throw themselves into his arms.

Emperor Hongguang's escape was not smooth, the procession was scattered by a rout army through Lishui, Ma Shiying served the Empress Dowager Zou and continued to flee to Hangzhou, and Ma Luan escorted the emperor to the camp in Ogigang. Huang Degong was startled when he saw the royal driver, and after asking the reason, he paused and lamented, "Your Majesty is defending the capital, summoning ministers with a piece of paper, and the ministers can lead the soldiers to get a good job, but why listen to the words of the traitor and abandon the society!" Now there is no basis for advancing and retreating, the camp is thin, how can it deal with Your Majesty", but the time has come to this point and has to take over the camp - Huang Degong is very difficult now, he was pressed too tightly by Shi Kefa, the brothers suffered Gao Jie's big loss and could not fight back, sent troops to Xuzhou and were repulsed, there was revenge and did not dare to revenge, Tian Xiong, Ma Degong and other generals were disgruntled and detached, and the surrounding Zhejiang General Army Fang Guoan Department, Denglai General Army Huang Fei Department, Rongzheng Admiral Bu Congshan Department and Congfu and Chikou Water Division did not listen to the dispatch, this situation could not fight at all, What's more, Liu Liangzuo on the other side has already surrendered to the enemy.

In the next few days, the governor of Shangjiang Military Affairs Zhu Dadian rushed to hear the news, and then Ruan Dacheng, the secretary of the military department, also arrived, and Emperor Hongguang seemed to have confidence, worshiping the two as the prime ministers, Fang Guoan, Huang Fei, Bu Congshan, Zheng Cai and other generals were all earls, bragging about counterattacking Nanjing, Huang Degong just smiled bitterly.

Since he is unable to resist the enemy, if the Datong army is brought to confront the Qing army, he may be able to turn the tide of the war - Huang Degong thought hard for a long time in the handsome tent, and wrote a letter to his henchman, "If you go to Anqing, you will say that the Qing army is about to attack, and if you can come to the rescue, the commander is willing to give up Wuhu."

On the other side of the Yangtze River, Liu Liangzuo was also distressed in the tent, and it was not easy to be sandwiched between the Datong army and the Qing army.

"Big brother, our hometown is in Datong Zuowei, and we will eventually return to our roots, but I think about you." The third class of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty in the Qing Dynasty, Melle Zhangjing, Liu Liangchen said.

"Third child, you persuaded me to descend to Daqing a few days ago, and now you persuade me to descend to Datong, which end are you?" Liu Liangzuo was a little angry.

"You don't care about this, it was to protect your life at that time, and now it is to protect your future, Tang Tong, Bai Guangen, and Xu Dingguo were all sent to Beijing to live and retire, do you want to be like them?"

Liu Liangzuo was stunned for a moment, then lowered his voice and said, "I have thought about it, but people have replied that my soldiers must be reorganized, and the officers above the guerrilla level must be re-appointed after rotation training, can my brothers agree?" ”

"You're embarrassed to mention your soldiers, I have to reorganize your team in exchange, you used to help Datong do business and make a lot of money, I also made a lot of money from smuggling, let's go back to our hometown to buy a house and land to live a good life, what do you care about those rotten soldiers."

Liu Liangzuo glared at his younger brother and was not angry, to be honest, he claimed to have 300,000 soldiers, but in fact there were only 20,000 soldiers, everyone else was cheating the imperial court military salary, Gao Jie and Huang Degong were almost the same, Liu Zeqing was the most shameless, the military salary was deceived but he didn't pull out a dime, and it was enough to make up 10,000 soldiers.

"Don't talk about it, I know it in my heart." Liu Zeqing saw the family waving at the door, got up and walked out, and came back after a while and said, "The Qing soldiers occupy Taiping, and they will be here tomorrow, the Ten Kings want me to send troops to attack Huang Degong, and Lao Huang will die this time." ”

On 28 May, the Qing army rushed to Ogigang early in the morning, and the Ming army's Guoan, Huang Fei, Bu Congshan and other units retreated back as soon as they made a slight contact, exposing Huang Degong's camp to the Qing army.

The Qing army attacked fiercely, the artillery, the fire guns hit far and accurately, among which there were also flowering shells that exploded on the ground, the Ming army was powerless to fight, was beaten around, Huang Degong was ruthless, carrying a knife to personally supervise the battle, but the soldiers ignored it and continued to retreat.

"Marshal, we can't defeat the Qing army, let's surrender." Tian Xiong and Ma Degong ran diagonally in crooked armor.

"Shut up, I am the Marquis of Jingnan of the Ming Dynasty, how can I commit myself to surrendering, and I will immediately take the people of my headquarters to kill back." Huang Degong raised his knife and shouted.

"You are the Marquis of Jingnan, we are nothing, why should we be buried with the imperial court, you want to die at your own convenience, we don't want to die!" Tian Xiong's face changed and he said, so angry that Huang Degong trembled, Ma Degong hurriedly waved his hand, pulled Tian Xiong up and left.

After noon, the Ming army rushed to shout "Da Shuai, the Datong army is coming" - dozens of warships flying the tricolor black eagle flag appeared on the river, and the west side was also full of hooves and dust.

The Beiyu came well, go and fight with the Dongyu, I just breathed a sigh of relief - Huang Degong was happy for a while, but the next scene made him dumbfounded, the Datong warship suddenly slowed down, and bombarded the Fujian Navy Division with the guns on the ship, Zheng Cai did not go to meet the battle, but inexplicably led the Navy Division to land on the shore, and then burned the ship and ran away, the Chikou Navy Division ship was weak and weak, and the lack of reinforcements was suddenly dangerous, the ships were sunk one after another, and the Qing soldiers on land were also strange, quickly separated from the Ming army and retreated from the formation, and the Datong Iron Cavalry who came in a hurry looked at each other from afar, do not interfere with each other.

The northern captives were so shameless that they colluded with the eastern captives to play tricks - Huang Degong was furious, boarded the ship and led the headquarters water battalion to reinforce Weng Zhiqi, Liu Liangzuo was weaker, first defeated him and then turned back to deal with the two captives.

"Sons, rush up and kill the flower horse Liu You will be rewarded." Huang Degong stood on the bow of the ship and waved his sword and shouted, but his soldiers still looked weak.

Huang Degong's water battalion soon joined up with the Chikou Shui Division, and summoned Yu Yong to launch a counterattack, but Liu Liangzuo's troops could not resist and were gradually pressed back to the north bank.

"Lao Huang, the Ming Dynasty is gone, and those who know the times are Junjie, follow my brother down." Liu Liangzuo saw Huang Degong on the shore and shouted cheekily.

"Shameless rebellion, Huang swears to serve the country to the death, and he will fight to the death with you today, and he will never die!" Huang Degong scolded angrily, turned back and ordered the gunner, "Open the cannon and kill Huama Liu." ”

A few cannons fell at his feet, and Liu Liangzuo was so angry that he scolded: "Huang Chuangzi is so rude, he turns his face and doesn't recognize his brother, and if he looks for death, he will not blame me for being ruthless." ”

"The archers fired a volley and killed the yellow thief." Liu Liangchen shouted loudly.

Dense rain of arrows came, Huang Degong couldn't dodge the arrow in the neck, fell on the boat, his soldiers were scattered, and fled to the south bank in chaos, Chikou Shui Shi saw this and no longer had the intention of fighting, and surrendered one after another, Weng Zhiqi was sad and angry and threw himself into the martyrdom of the river - Huang Degong covered his wounds and struggled to stand up, watching the people around him flee in embarrassment, knowing that he was powerless to return to the sky, he shouted "Emperor" and waved his knife to kill himself.

The water battle was a great victory, Liu Liangzuo was unforgiving, and personally led the main force to kill the south bank, at this time, the Datong army and the Qing army also covered up, and the Ming army was defeated by the enemy on three sides. "Jingnanhou is dead, run for your life!" , The terrible shouts spread all over the battlefield, the Ming army was frightened and had no intention of fighting, Zhu Dadian and Fang Guoan fled to their hometown in Zhejiang in a hurry, Huang Fei and Bu Congshan had nowhere to escape, so they simply led their troops to surrender to the Qing army, and the emperor's imperial camp was also in chaos, and the Yongwei battalion escorted only a few hundred people.

"Nephew, where are you going? Your father has forsaken me, and you must not be without a conscience. Ruan Dacheng hugged Ma Luan.

"Du Wenhuan's son Du Hongyu is my good friend, I will go to Datong, you can escape by yourself." Ma Luan replied with a struggle.

"Take the old man with you." Ruan Dacheng let go of his hand and got on the horse first, and Ma Luan had to find another horse and take the old man to the west.

The people around him scattered in a hurry, and no one cared about the emperor in the imperial tent, but fortunately, there were two officers with a conscience, shouting "save the emperor" and rushing into the imperial tent.

"The two Aiqing have made a meritorious contribution to saving the driver, and I will definitely reward them heavily," the emperor was so grateful that he almost cried, but soon realized that something was wrong, "There are Qing soldiers in front, turn around quickly!" ”

"It's right to have Qing soldiers in front, Your Majesty, you are too heavy, the old horse will carry it for a while." Tian Xiong gasped and said, Ma Degong took over the fat emperor and continued to run in the direction of the Qing army, the emperor understood, shouted and beat Ma Degong on the back, and slapped Tian Xiong twice to be honest.

The Datong Iron Cavalry chased after him from behind, no, why did the Qing cavalry suddenly stop and get out of the way - Tian Xiong and Ma Degong were so tired that they couldn't get close to the Qing army, they looked at each other and shouted "Brother Datong, we sent the Emperor of Ming" turned around and ran towards the Datong army.

The Datong army suddenly became powerful, and the infantry and cavalry were killed in two ways, and no one could figure out whether it was an enemy or a friend, and Liu Liangzuo and Huang Degong, who were fighting together, were a little confused, and they stopped fighting and were stupidly stunned.

"Big brother, what are you hesitating about, our hometown is Datong!" Liu Liangchen approached Liu Liangzuo and whispered eagerly.

Liu Liangzuo thought for a moment, suddenly pulled out his war knife and shouted, "Sons, come with me", leading hundreds of families and personal soldiers to rush towards the Datong army, and soon disappeared into the flow of people - "The handsome man is dead, run for your life!" The officers and soldiers of Liu Liangzuo's department also screamed strangely, and they scattered and fled with Huang Degong's department.

Datong Iron Cavalry roared past and rushed to Wuhu County, the Qing army was angry but booed, Bei Zi and Tuo gritted their teeth with hatred: "Datong is too bullying, the Ming army stands by and watches, and the big victory is about to come and pick up the cheap, why?" ”

"Bear with me, they have at least three thousand iron cavalry, and the number of infantry is also quite a lot, our soldiers are too few, let's wait for Prince Yu's order, this Liu Liangzuo is a man, it's a pity!" Turai shook his head, the Qing army only had 1,000 Mongolian cavalry and 3,000 soldiers from the Eight Banners, and the others were Liu Liangzuo's rotten soldiers.

Step 13 Towns and Ride 5 Towns and a Association to Taiping Mansion, easily picked up a big bargain, the old handsome Du Wenhuan was in a good mood, got off the boat and landed to check the battlefield, and shook his head again and again in the face of the mess, this Huang Degong has a false reputation, and he brought out such a useless rotten soldier, and he broke up in less than a day.

"Old handsome, the people of the Zheng family are familiar with me, except for Zheng Zhilong's father and son who are official fans, others who are burned to ashes are also pirates, Zheng Cai and Zheng Hongkui don't want to contribute to the imperial court, I will shoot a few shots casually, Zheng Cai will burn the boat and go back to his hometown......" Lin Feiyu also got off the boat, approached the old man and kept showing his merits.

"The merchant ship behind is about to arrive, and you are going to Nanjing." The old man was tired of hearing this, waved him back to the water camp, and then ordered Cao Bianjiao beside him: "Send someone to inform the Qing army to withdraw from Wuhu immediately to avoid misunderstanding between the two armies, and I will send someone to talk to Duoduo about anything." ”

At this time, Luo Da, the deputy commander of the thirteen towns, walked over with a group of people happily, and Lao Yuan shouted loudly: "Old Shuai, we have caught a big fish, we have captured the emperor of the Ming Kingdom, as well as the military department Shangshu and Guangchangbo." ”

"I'm obviously anyway, why do you say that you were captured, you have to speak fairly." Liu Liangzuo took the initiative to disarm when he rushed into the Datong army, and he couldn't hear the word "captured", so he grabbed Luo Dayong and theorized.

"That's it, I'm the senior Titang official of the Shengjing Titang Institute, and I am returning to the team, not being captured, so I can't talk nonsense." Liu Liangchen was also very dissatisfied.

The old man was too lazy to take care of the affairs of the Titang Division, and waved his hand to let the military officer take the Liu family brothers down, and Du Hongyu, who was behind him, suddenly ran to a prisoner and shouted: "Little pony, why are you here too?" ”

"Brother Du, the little brother is here to find you, this battle is terrifying, I thought I would never see you again." Ma Luan hugged Du Hongyu and cried silently.

"Don't be afraid, brother, let's listen to the book and tell you, Liu Jingting was also brought out by me." Du Hongyu said hello to his father and pulled Ma Luan away.

It seems that Ma Shiying also gave birth to an indisputable son - Du Wenhuan sighed, his eyes swept to the group of captives, and asked with a gentle face: "That is the emperor?" ”

The emperor was so frightened that he sat on the ground, Ruan Dacheng stepped forward and said: "Du Wenhuan, don't kill the emperor, the old man is Ruan Dacheng in 'Killing Ma Ruan', do you dare to be rude to me?" ”

"Where is it, Mr. Ruan is a great talent, it is difficult to see each other, who dares to be rude?" This guy is a famous person, literati can practice him, others can't touch him, Du Wenhuan smiled and bowed down, turned his face and said to Emperor Hongguang, "The emperor doesn't have to worry, Datong is a country of benevolence, and innocents will never be killed in vain, I will immediately send someone to send His Majesty and Mr. Ruan to Wuchang, and it will be completely safe there." ”

"Marshal, the last general and others are Huang Degong's chief military officers Tian Xiong and Ma Degong, who are willing to serve the dogs and horses under their command, and the emperor is sent by us." Tian Xiong and Ma Degong hurriedly stood up to show their merits.

"Dare to serve with your merits, there are few people in ancient and modern times, this handsome man can't afford to give you glory and wealth, please take care of yourself," Du Wenhuan looked at the two of them coldly for a while and said, Tian Xiong and Ma Degong blushed, lowered their heads and left without saying a word.

Du Wenhuan took a sip and ordered sharply: "Drive all the prisoners away for me, my Datong's grain will not support rotten soldiers." ”

"Du Shuai is so mighty!" Ruan Dacheng immediately praised it.